ESO Hearts Week Event Guide

Unleash the power of love in ESO's Hearts Week! Level your Companions faster with bonus XP and Rapport, complete new quests, and earn exclusive Duelist of Hearts style pages. Join the new event!

By Edenprime

Updated: 20/10/2025

Get ready to spread some love in Tamriel, because the all-new Hearts Week event is coming! This new festival in Belkarth celebrates all forms of affection, from grand romance to steadfast friendship, with plenty of Companion-focused rewards to go around.

Hearts Week Event will be active sometime in Q1 2026

ESO Companion Guides

The Heart's Week event is the perfect time to adventure with your companions. We have a dedicated ESO Companions Overview page where you can find detailed information on each of the companions, including their skills, how to unlock them, and how their rapport system works:

  1. Azandar: Redguard Arcanist.
  2. Bastian Hallix: Imperial Dragonknight
  3. Ember: Khajiit Sorcerer
  4. Isobel Veloise: Breton Templar
  5. Mirri Elendis: Dark Elf Nightblade
  6. Sharp-as-Night: Argonian Warden
  7. Tanlorin: High Elf Dragonknight
  8. Zerith-var: Khajiit Necromancer

Need even more guides? Check out all our Companion Guides on Alcasthq.com for in-depth builds and tips!

Global passive Companion bonuses during the Hearts Week Event

Zerith-var, the khajiit Necromancer Companion
Zerith-var, the khajiit Necromancer Companion

Hearts Week is a great time to build rapport and level up your companions. During the event, the following passive benefits are active:

  • +100% Companion XP Gain: This bonus applies to both their overall level and their skill lines.
  • +50% Companion Rapport Gain: Grow your bond with your favorite followers faster than ever.
  • -50% Companion Rapport Loss: Worried about getting a little too wild? Your Companion's rapport loss from negative actions will be cut in half (though a minimal level of annoyance will always remain).

For a detailed breakdown of each Companion's rapport likes and dislikes, be sure to check out our Companions Rapport Guide! 

How to get started with Hearts Week

Hearts Week quest giver Kuzam-jo in Belkhart.
Hearts Week quest giver Kuzam-jo in Belkhart.

To dive into the Hearts Week festivities, you have two simple ways to begin your adventure:

  1. Head to Belkarth: Travel to the festival grounds in Belkarth, Craglorn. You'll find the main event quest giver, Kuzam-jo, a friendly Pahmar-raht priest of Mara, waiting for you there.
  2. Grab the Quest from the Crown Store: You can acquire the new event introductory quest directly from the Crown Store's event category.
Hearts Week Event Quest can be found in the Crown Store under the "Events" Category.
Hearts Week Event Quest can be found in the Crown Store under the "Events" Category.

You can take on the first new quest, Heartsick Follies from Kuzam-jo, which will lead you through a unique storyline of love and friendship.  

The entire questline consists of four non-repeatable quests around Belkarth:

  • Heartsick Follies: Help a theatrical troupe stage a play about the legendary lovers Polydor and Eloisa.
  • A Toast to Malcontents: Sanguine crashes the party. It's guaranteed to be a good time, one way or another.
  • Discord Among Friends: Assist Kuzam-jo in mending the broken bonds of a guild of old friends.
  • Matters of the Heart: Bring all your newfound wisdom to Kuzam-jo for a final, critical decision.

Completing each of these quests will reward you with a one-time purple-quality reward box.

Would you say no to a hug from a Pahmar-raht? I sure didn't.
Would you say no to a hug from a Pahmar-raht? I sure didn't.

How to Continue the Adventure with your companions

Ember, the khajiit sorcerer companion fighting a faun in High Isle.
Ember, the khajiit sorcerer companion fighting a faun in High Isle.

Once you've completed the event quests, your Heart's Week journey is just beginning! To get the most out of the event, focus on these activities to earn your reward boxes and maximize your progress:

  • Farm Sanguine's Reward Boxes: Grab an active Companion or group up with friends and tackle the activities that give you reward boxes. Defeating Delve or World bosses, clearing Infinite Archive stages, and participating in Incursions. 
  • Level Your Companions: The Heart's Week passive bonuses offer an incredible opportunity to max out your Companions. Use this time to grind their XP and rapport to unlock all their abilities and unique stories.

Want to learn the best way to get your Companion to level 20 fast? Check out our ESO Companion System Guide to make the most of the event bonuses!

How to get Event Tickets during Hearts Week

During Hearts Week, you can earn up to two Event Tickets per day per account. To get them, you must complete one of the specified activities while adventuring with a friend or a Companion.

The first time you complete one of these activities each day, you will be rewarded with the tickets and a gold-quality reward box.

The eligible activities are:

  • Completing Kuzam-jo's quest
  • Defeating a Delve or World boss
  • Defeating an Infinite Archive boss
  • Defeating an Incursion boss
  • Looting a Treasure Chest
  • Harvesting a resource node

How to get Hearts Week Reward Boxes

Looting a Sanguine's Extravagant Parcel from a delve boss in Craglorn.
Looting a Sanguine's Extravagant Parcel from a delve boss in Craglorn.

The main event rewards come from Sanguine's Reward Boxes (also known as Hearts Week reward boxes). You can earn these boxes by completing any of the eligible activities listed in the "How to get Event Tickets" section above. Additionally pickpocketing has a chance to give you reward boxes, but not event tickets.

  • The first box you earn each day will be a gold-quality Sanguine's Extravagant Parcel. This has the best chance to contain rare and valuable loot, including the Heart's Day Duelist outfit style pages and gold-quality Companion jewelry.
  • Any additional boxes you earn on the same day will be purple-quality Sanguine's Delectable Parcels. While these have a lower chance for the best rewards, they still contain a great variety of useful items, including the new Companion Gifts.
  • You can also earn a specialized Sanguine's Selective Parcels by completing the Hearts Week event achievements: Helping Hand, Home Is Where the Heart Is, Journey of the Heart, Thoughtful Gifting and Through Ink and Brine. These boxes have a less randomized selection of contents.

What Rewards you can get from Sanguine's Parcels

This Golden Quality Sanguine's Extravagant Parcel had all the best goodies: a golden companion ring, Heart's Day Duelist Style Page and a Box of Assorted Stolen Shiny Trinkets that increase your rapport with Ember.
This Golden Quality Sanguine's Extravagant Parcel had all the best goodies: a golden companion ring, Heart's Day Duelist Style Page and a Box of Assorted Stolen Shiny Trinkets that increase your rapport with Ember.

Sanguine's Parcels (the Hearts Week reward boxes) are filled with a variety of companion themed loot. The rewards can include:

  • Heart's Day Duelist Outfit Style Pages
  • Companion Gifts: New blue and purple-quality items that increase rapport with a specific Companion. You can use these at any time, but their benefit is magnified during the event!
  • Gold-Quality Companion Jewelry: A rare and valuable drop that can significantly boost your Companion's combat effectiveness.
  • Durable crafting materials
  • Provisioning ingredients
  • Alchemy reagents
  • Runestones
  • Repair Kits
  • Treasure Maps and Survey Reports
  • Companion gear

Roseblood Bat pet: New Event Morphing Collectible Note

A major change for this event is how morphing collectibles work. Starting with the 2026 offerings, assembling a morphing collectible will no longer consume the base pet. The Roseblood Bat Pet fragments will now cost 10 tickets each, up from the previous 5 and all future collectibles will stand on their own.  

The Roseblood Bat Pet fragments cost 10 tickets each and requires three fragments in total:

  • Crimson Bat Statuette 
  • Red Rose Petals 
  • Sharp Rosebush Thorn

Roseblood Wings Recall Customized Action

 The Hearts Week event will present you with two fragments for the new Roseblood Wings Recall Customized Action: Embellished Dance Card and Rosy Boutonniere for 10 Event Tickets each. Requires the base pet Roseblood Batwhich will not be consumed!

  • Embellished Dance Card 
  • Rosy Boutonniere

Heart's Day Duelist Outfit Style

Heart's Day Duelist Outfit Style have a chance to drop from Hearts Week Boxes. You can also buy unbound pages from other players or bound pages from the Impresario for 5 tickets each. 

The style includes the following pages:

What the Impresario sells during the Hearts Week

Impresario can be found in Daggerfall in Glenumbra, Vulkhel Guard in Auridon, Davon's Watch in Stonefalls, or Belkarth in Craglorn. She has also been added to all major Chapter zones capitals.  

  • All three Fragments for the Roseblood Bat pet - Crimson Bat Statuette, Red Rose Petals and Sharp Rosebush Thorn: 10 Event Tickets each.
  • Two fragments for Roseblood Wings Recall -  Embellished Dance Card and Rosy Boutonniere: 10 Event Tickets each.
  • Heart's Day Duelist Style Pages (Bound): 5 Event Tickets Each
  • Companion Commendations
  • Group Repair Kits

What the Event Merchant's Assistant sells during Hearts Week

The Event Merchant's Assistant Philius Dormier has the following items available during this event:   

What the Indrik Vendor sells during Hearts Week

Nenuluare, the Indrik Vendor, will also make an appearance in Belkarth, Craglorn. She'll be selling a few different Indriks, a special mount and pet that first appeared as an event reward in previous years. 

During this event, Nenuluare will be selling the following items:

Left: Dawnwood Indrik Mount, Springtide Indrik Pet. Left: Spectral Indrik mount and Haunting Indrik Pet.
Left: Dawnwood Indrik Mount, Springtide Indrik Pet. Left: Spectral Indrik mount and Haunting Indrik Pet.
Don't forget to pet the doggos at Belkhart Festival Grounds <3
Don't forget to pet the doggos at Belkhart Festival Grounds <3

Now you know everything that you need to know about the ESO Hearts Week Event! Happy adventuring, and may Mara's love find you and your Companion!

Hearts Week Outfit Styles

Icon icon Heart's Day Duelist Heart's Day Duelist Outfit Style Pages have a chance to drop from the Hearts Day Event Boxes during the Hearts Week event.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from other players
Where does the Heart's Week event take place?
The event quest festivities are primarily located at the festival grounds in Belkarth, Craglorn. The Companion bonuses are available on all zones.
How long does Heart's Week last?
Heart's Week is a week-long event. Specific start and end dates will be announced closer to the event launch. For all upcoming dates, check our ESO Events Database.
Are the event quests repeatable?
No, the four main event quests (Heartsick Follies, A Toast to Malcontents, Discord Among Friends, and Matters of the Heart) are one-time story experiences and are not repeatable.
How do I earn Event Tickets during Heart's Week?
You can earn two Event Tickets per day by completing various activities while adventuring with a friend or an active Companion, such as defeating bosses, looting chests or harvesting nodes.
What are Companion Gifts?
Companion Gifts are new items found in Sanguine reward boxes. They are themed for specific Companions and increase your rapport with them. Their rapport bonus is magnified during Heart's Week.
Do I need to re-earn the Roseblood Bat Pet if I want to acquire other event collectibles?
No! As part of a new system, assembling morphing collectibles from the 2026 offerings will no longer consume the base pet. Each collectible is stand alone.
Why do Roseblood Bat Pet fragments cost 10 tickets instead of 5?
This change reflects the new system where the base pet is no longer consumed. This ensures you only need to acquire the pet once to unlock all its associated morphing collectibles.